
Vlagtwedde () is a
village
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in the very southeast of
Groningen province in the northeastern
Netherlands
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. It lies on the Dutch border with the
German
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state of
Lower Saxony
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to the east.
History
The municipality of Vlagtwedde was created in December 1811.
On 1 January 2018, the municipality of Vlagtwedde was merged with
Bellingwedde
Bellingwedde () was a municipality in the province Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Bellingwedde was established in 1968, when the municipalities of Bellingwolde and Wedde merged. After almost 50 years, Bellingwedde was disestablishe ...
to form the new municipality of
Westerwolde.
Geography
The population centres in the municipality of Vlagtwedde were:
Abeltjeshuis,
Bakovensmee,
Barnflair
Barnflair ( ) is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 15 km northeast of Emmen.
History
It was first mentioned in 1466 as "an dat Barenvledder", and means "moorland w ...
,
Borgertange,
Borgerveld,
Bourtange
Bourtange (; Gronings: ''Boertang'') is a village with a population of 430 in the municipality of Westerwolde in the Netherlands. It is situated in the region Westerwolde in the east of the province of Groningen near the German border. Fort Bou ...
,
Burgemeester Beinsdorp,
De Bruil,
Ellersinghuizen,
Hanetange,
Harpel,
Hasseberg,
Hebrecht,
't Heem,
Jipsingboermussel,
Jipsingboertange
Jipsingboertange is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 25 km northeast of Emmen. In 2021, the village of Jipsingboertange had 175 inhabitants. The postal authority do ...
,
Jipsinghuizen
Jipsinghuizen (; ) is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 28 km northeast of Emmen. The statistical area "Jipsinghuizen", which also can include the surrounding countr ...
,
Lammerweg,
Laude
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,
Lauderbeetse,
Laudermarke,
Lauderzwarteveen,
Leemdobben,
Maten,
Munnekemoer,
Over de Dijk,
Overdiep,
Pallert
Pallert is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen
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,
Plaggenborg,
Poldert,
Renneborg,
Rhederveld,
Rijsdam,
Roelage,
't Schot,
Sellingen
Sellingen (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about northeast of Emmen. In 2021, statistical area "Sellingen", which also includes the surrounding countryside, had a p ...
,
Sellingerbeetse,
Sellingerzwarteveen,
Slegge,
Stakenborg,
Stobben,
Ter Apel
Ter Apel (; Gronings: ''Troapel'') is a village with a population of 9,914 residents in the municipality Westerwolde (municipality), Westerwolde in the northern Netherlands, in the province Groningen (province), Groningen in the region Westerwolde ...
,
Ter Apelkanaal,
Ter Borg,
Ter Haar,
Ter Walslage
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,
Ter Wisch,
Veele
Veele is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 32 km north of Emmen.
The hamlet was first mentioned in 1475 as Veille. The etymology is unknown. The postal authorities ...
,
Veerste Veldhuis, Vlagtwedde,
Vlagtwedder-Barlage,
Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis
Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis is a hamlet in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde (municipality), Westerwolde, and lies about 30 km north of Emmen, Netherlands, Emmen.
The ...
,
Weende,
Weenderveld,
Weite,
Wessingtange,
Wollingboermarke,
Wollinghuizen,
Zandberg and
Zuidveld.
Because of the large number of official centres, the municipality had five
postal codes
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:
* 9541 Vlagtwedde
* 9545 Bourtange
* 9551 Sellingen
* 9561 Ter Apel
* 9563 Ter Apelkanaal
All 60 villages and
hamlets
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in the municipality received their own
town sign in 2008.
Politics
The
municipal council
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of Vlagtwedde had 17 seats. The table below gives results since 2002.
There was an election in November 2017 for the council of the new merged Westerwolde municipality that commenced work on 1 January 2018, replacing Vlagtwedde council.
Public transport
Vlagtwedde is served by several
bus
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lines:
* line 14: Stadskanaal-Alteveer-Vlagtwedde-Veele-Blijham-Winschoten
* line 42: Emmen-Emmer Compascuum-Ter Apel-Sellingen-Vlagtwedde
* line 72: Vlagtwedde-Bourtange
* line 73: Emmen-Nieuw Weerdinge-Ter Apel-Ter Apelkanaal-Zandberg-Musselkanaal-Stadskanaal-Hoogezand-Groningen
* ''buurtbus'' (community volunteer-driven bus) 92: Stadskanaal-Mussel-Jipsingbourtange-Jipsinghuizen-Sellingen
International relations
Vlagtwedde is
twinned with:
*
Międzyrzecz
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,
Poland
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References
External links
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Westerwolde (municipality)
Former municipalities of Groningen (province)
Populated places in Groningen (province)
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2018
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